Corn Products International Inc-Filing of certain prospectuses and communications for business combination transactions (425)
September 03 2008 - 4:13PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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Filed by Bunge Limited
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Pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
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and deemed filed
pursuant to Rule 14a-12
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under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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Subject Company: Corn
Products International, Inc.
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Commission File Number
for Registration Statement
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on Form S-4:
333-152781
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Investor
Contact:
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Mark
Haden
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Bunge
Limited
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1-914-684-3398
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Mark.Haden@Bunge.com
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Media
Contact:
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Stewart
Lindsay
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Bunge
Limited
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1-914-684-3369
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Stewart.Lindsay@Bunge.com
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Bunge
Limited Announces Expiration of Waiting Period
Under HSR
Act For Corn Products International Transaction
WHITE
PLAINS, NY September 3, 2008
Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) today announced that
the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976 relating to Bunges proposed merger with Corn Products International, Inc.
(NYSE: CPO) has expired, thereby satisfying a condition to the closing of the
transaction.
The transaction remains
subject to the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, including
receipt of non-U.S. regulatory clearances, as well as approval by the
shareholders of both companies. The
transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2008.
About Bunge
Limited
Bunge
Limited (www.Bunge.com, NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food
company founded in 1818 and headquartered in White Plains, New York. Bunges over 25,000 employees in over 30
countries enhance lives by improving the global agribusiness and food
production chain. The company supplies fertilizer to farmers in South America,
originates, transports and processes oilseeds, grains and other agricultural
commodities worldwide, produces food products for commercial customers and
consumers and supplies raw materials and services to the biofuels industry.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
news release contains forward-looking statements regarding the proposed
merger between Bunge and Corn Products.
Statements made in the future tense, and words such as anticipate, expect,
project, continue, believe, plan, estimate, intend, will, may
and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. These statements are based
on current expectations, but are subject to certain risks and uncertainties,
many of which are difficult to predict and are beyond the control of Bunge and
Corn Products. Relevant risks and
uncertainties include those referenced in Bunges and Corn Products filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which can be obtained
as described in Additional Information below.
Risks and uncertainties relating to the proposed merger include:
required
regulatory approvals may not be obtained in a timely manner, if at all; the
proposed merger may not be consummated; the anticipated benefits of the
proposed merger, including synergies, may not be realized; and the integration
of Corn Products operations with those of Bunge may be materially delayed or
will be more costly or difficult than expected.
These risks
and uncertainties
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or
implied by the forward-looking
statements,
and therefore should be carefully considered.
Bunge assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as
a result of new information or future events or developments.
Additional
Information
This
news release is not a substitute for the preliminary joint proxy
statement/prospectus or any other documents that Bunge and Corn Products have
filed or will file with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger. Investors and securityholders are urged to
carefully read the preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus and any other
relevant documents filed or to be filed by Bunge or Corn Products, including
the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available,
because they contain or will contain important information. The preliminary joint proxy
statement/prospectus is, and other documents filed or to be filed by Bunge and
Corn Products with the SEC are or will be, available free of charge at the SECs
web site (www.sec.gov), by accessing Bunges website at www.bunge.com under the
tab About Bunge and then under the heading Investor Information and from
Bunge by directing a request to Bunge Limited, 50 Main Street, White Plains,
New York 10606, Attention: Investor Relations, and from Corn Products by
directing a request to Corn Products International, Inc., 5 Westbrook
Corporate Center, Westchester, Illinois 60154, Attention: Investor Relations.
Bunge,
Corn Products and their respective directors, executive officers and other
employees may be deemed to be participants in a solicitation of proxies from
the securityholders of Bunge or Corn Products in connection with the proposed
merger. Information about Bunges
directors and executive officers is available in Bunges proxy statement, dated
April 16, 2008, for its 2008 annual meeting of shareholders and in Bunges
most recent filing on Form 10-K.
Information about Corn Products directors and executive officers is
available in Corn Products proxy statement, dated April 4, 2008, for its
2008 annual meeting of stockholders and in Corn Products most recent filing on
Form 10-K. Additional information
about the interests of potential participants is included in the preliminary
joint proxy statement/prospectus referred to above.
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